Clothes-locker.



J. C. BUSH.

CLOTHES LOCKER. APPLICATION man mac. 16. ms.

Patented Dec. 11,1917.

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raaaeaag Application filed December 16,1916. Serial 1x15132350.

To all whom itmay concrn."

Be it known that 1, JOHN C. Bosr-na citizen of the United States of America, and resident of Duluth, in the county of St. Louis and State of Minnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Clothes-Lockers, of which the following is 'a specification.

This invention relates to furniture and it has particular reference to clothes lockers and more particularly to individual compartments for containing or holding garments the said invention being of utility in schools, work-shops, or other places where people have to deposit their coats or other articles of apparel for considerable periods of time, as during school sessions orworking hours.

An object of this invention is to provide clothes holders which may be arranged in groups and changed to increase or diminish the number in any one group, the sections being successively interlocked with the contiguous sections, so that a strong and clurable union is effected for holding them in proper positions, the said invention also having for its object the provision of a heading or cover for the upper ends of the sections, said invention furthermore contemplating the provision of novel means for forming a conduit for the passage of air, the said air passage being in communication with each of the compartments whereby the same compartments are ventilated and the contents of the compartments may be aired.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, the invention consists in the details of construction, and in the arrangement and combination of parts to be hereinafter more fully set forth and claimed.

In describing the invention in detail, reference will be had to the accompanying drawings forming part of this specification, wherein like characters denote corresponding parts in the several views, and in which- Figure 1 illustrates a view in elevation of a clothes holder, embodying the invention;

Fig. 2 illustrates a sectional view on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 illustrates a sectional-view on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1; and

Fig. 4 illustrates a perspective view of a fragment of one of the sections.

In these drawings 5, 6, and 7 denote the ia Qmli ment sections 1 and J will understood that the intermediate sections may be duplicated to increase the number of compartments and the said sections have interlocking joints such as shown at 8 and 9, so that they may slide longitudinally and when assembled are held against movement. The end sections 5 and 7 have their outer sides extended to form brackets 10 and 11 respectively, and the said brackets are intended to be anchored against a wall or other support 12 so that the sections will be comparatively rigid and held against displacement. A backing strip 13 and a cover or head strip 14 are provided at the tops ofthe sections and the backing strip serves as an anchorage for the shanks 15 of clothes hooks 16, whereas the head 14 serves as a support for the hooks 17 and furthermore, it constitutes a protector for the contents of the receptacles or a support for a curtain or the like, when such a curtain is used for protecting the garments.

In Fig. 2, the dotted lines denote that the corners of the sections may be square rather than rounded and when made square, the head 14 is a more effective protection for the contents of the receptacles or compartments.

Each compartment has a branch pipe 19 and a sectional conduit 20 which is to interlock or register with the sectional conduits of other sections, so that when they are joined, an air duct is formed for the circulation of air, as stated. Of course, the air may be forced through the duct into the pipes or other means of circulation may be employed.

In order to properly connect the sections of the conduits together, one end of each conduit has a lip or projecting bottom portion 21 and a notched under surface 22 at the opposite end, the lip of one end being designed to fit the notched portion of the next succeeding conduit section so that when they are coupled together, they will have the appearance of the conduit shown in Fig. 3, the saidFig. 3 giving a very clear conception of the construction and relation of parts which in connection with the other illustra tions is believed suflicient to enable those skilled in the art to practise the invention.

It is understood, of course, that the sections are preferably constructed of metal and hence can be easily renovated andkept sures proper airing of the garments."

' in a sanitary condition, especially so, as the communicating with the interior of the com- 10 current of air through the compartments in partments, duct sections carried by the said pipes, each of said sections having a pro- '1 01mm -jecting bottom forming a lip at one end, and

f5 Ina clothes locker, a sei-ies of coir ed seca recessed bottom forming a seat for the lip tions, the contiguous sections having inter-'- of the' 'contiguous section of the next suc- 15 looking joints by Which they are connected, ceeding compartment.

brackets on thejendsections, means supply- 1 p ing air to the said lockers, comprising pipes p v r 7 JOHN C. BUSH.

copies 01 this patent may be obtained for live cents each, by addressing the commissioner of Patents,

" .Washington,1) .0. 

